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عبقري

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From عَبْقَر (ʕabqar), name of a valley in Najd that was believed by Bedouins to be home to jinn poets.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.rijj/
    • (Kuwaiti) IPA(key): /ʕəbˈqə.ri/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.ri/

Adjective

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عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy) (feminine عَبْقَرِيَّة (ʕabqariyya), masculine plural عَبَاقِرَة (ʕabāqira) or عَبْقَرِيُّونَ (ʕabqariyyūna), feminine plural عَبْقَرِيَّات (ʕabqariyyāt))

  1. of or pertaining to the Abqar valley
  2. genius
    Synonym: نَابِغَة (nābiḡa)

Declension

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Noun

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عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyym (collective)

  1. a kind of carpet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:76:
      مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ
      muttakiʔīna ʕalā rafrafin ḵuḍrin wa-ʕabqariyyin ḥisānin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕab.ɡa.ri/, [ʕabqari]

Adjective

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عبقري (ʕabgari) (feminine عبقريَّة (ʕabgariyya), common plural عبقريِّين (ʕabgariyyīn) or عَبَاقرة (ʕabāgra))

  1. genius

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕab.qa.ri/, [ˈʕab.qɑ.ri]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

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عبقري (ʕabqari) (feminine عبقريّة (ʕabqariyye), common plural عبقريّين (ʕabqariyyīn))

  1. genius